CHILDWALL, a parish in the hundred of WEST DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, comprising the chapelries of Garston, Hale, Wavertree, and Much Woolton, and the townships of Allerton, Childwall, Halewood, Speke, and Little Woolton, and containing 6648 inhabitants, of which number, 127 are in the township of Childwall, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Liverpool. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £5. 11. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has some early English piers and decorated windows; but the greater portion is of modern date. In 1699, Thomas Crompton bequeathed £20 for teaching poor children. This parish is bounded on the south by the river Mersey, and at high tides is subject to inundations. Near the church was formerly a cell of monks, subordinate to the priory of St. Holme; but there are no vestiges of it. Jeremiah Markland, a learned critic and classical scholar, was born here, in 1693.